1. WCL208 | A Strategy for Your Client Infrastructure RETHINK your client infrastructure and increase user productivity with Microsoft Windows 7.
Dan Willis - HP Technical Services, Client Infrastructure Consulting
June 10, 2010 1
©2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
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2. Client Strategy Begin with strategic view
Identify business value available
Stakeholder identification
Structured approach to apply technology to business issues
Result: Solution Roadmap, high level design, business case
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3. Pressures on IT Client Infrastructure
Complexity and cost: Client computing has grown complex over the years, leading to high cost
Security and compliance: Organizations are at risk for data loss, compliance issues, and information theft
Change & Choice: IT must plan for more change – new devices, new ways of working, new user expectations – and the organization must react quickly to business changes
Productivity: People expect computing to always work, and to enable communication in a variety of ways
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4. End User Expectations Tomorrow Today Productivity Yesterday Always on
Teleworker
Mobile
Today
Productivity
Smart
Phone
Thin client
Yesterday
“Consumerization”
Global and 24/7
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5. Microsoft Windows 7 for End Users
Delight
End Users
Designed to be Faster, More Reliable, and More Secure
DirectAccess: Give mobile users seamless access to corporate networks without a need to VPN.
BranchCache: Decrease the time branch office users spend waiting to download files across the network.
Federated Search: Find information in remote repositories, including SharePoint sites, with a simple user interface.
BitLocker and BitLocker To Go: Help protect data on PCs and removable drives, with manageability to enforce encryption and backup of recovery keys.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) optimizations: Improved user experience for VDI with multimon and microphone support, which have the ability to reuse virtual hard drive (VHD) images to boot a physical PC.
Microsoft Outlook Social Connector (SharePoint, Live Meeting, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace)
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6. Questions Top of Mind for IT Managers on Microsoft Windows 7
How can I determine the total ROI for Windows 7 vs. an older version of Windows?
How can I analyze the financial and risk impact of moving to desktop / application virtualization?
When should I plan to migrate to Windows 7?
What is the best step-by-step plan for migration to minimize disruption to end users, risk for the business?
How should I rethink my application environment?
Which users would benefit the most from Windows 7?
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7. Migration Challenges Discovering the HW/SW Inventory Data
Managing and creating the centralized data
Analyzing the data is labor intensive
Associating
the user to workstation to applications
the user to the corporate hierarchy
Scheduling the migration groups and units
Communicating with users, migration teams, stakeholders
Approving software and hardware changes
Consolidating applications
Monitoring and reporting on the migration

8. Services to Guide the Journey
Rethink the Client NOW
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9. A journey which requires...
A structured, service lifecycle approach
Capability model, roadmap and design that addresses people, process and technology
Solution architecture blueprints that provide customization to protect key investments already made
Reference examples from real life implementations
…All of which HP Technology Services delivers

10. Consider complete end-to-end Desktop Services
Procurement and Asset disposal
Applications
Compatibility, Virtualization & Packaging
Project based or Express Services
Infrastructure
Network
Systems Management
Project Based Deployments
Assessment | Design| Pilot | Deployment
Training
Hosting & End-User Workstation Services

11. Strategy Overview Gather Requirements /Assess Architecture/ Design
Test
Architecture/ Design
Architecture/ Design
Deploy
Deploy
Deploy
Activities
Gather Business Requirements
& Functional Principles
Image Design
Test Lab
User Data Backed up
Deployment Types
Deployments
OS Image Requirements
Image Deployed
Scheduling
Pilot Sites
Applications Roles
User Data Restored
Application Roles
User Communications
User Communications
Applications Installed
User Data Migrations
User Data Migration
Output
Assessment Report
Deployment Plan
OS Image
User Data Migration Plan
Application Packages
POC
Pilot Deployments
Site Deployments

12. Holistic Client Infrastructure Approach
Access Devices
Server Hosted Computing
VDI
Dedicated Remote Clients
Hybrid Solution Blueprint
HP Client & Infrastructure Management Tools & Process
Security
Strategy
Datacenter
Governance
End-user segments
Task Oriented
Basic Productivity
Knowledge Worker
Performance User
Application Management
Traditional clients, client-hosted
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13. Client Infrastructure Components Major components to consider for Client Infrastructure Transformation
Build consensus on client infrastructure vision and concepts
Identify business issues and opportunities, ROI
Apply technology to the prioritized business issues
Client Strategy
Managed transition to Windows 7
Prescriptive, automated processes – refresh or existing clients
Build multi-year roadmap for client management & security
Client Migration
Datacenter control brought to client computing
Implement the right mix of models
Extend Converged Infrastructure to the client
Client Virtualization
Client Application Management
Application discovery, rationalization and packaging
Application testing, remediation
Models include Client hosted, virtualized, streaming
Client & Virtualization management & automation
Data Protection & Recovery .
Desktop Security, Identity Management, Directory Integration, Virtual Machine Security
Client Management & Security
Server and Storage support – warranty to mission critical
Software support – Microsoft and Citrix
IT and End user education
Client Infrastructure Training & Support
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14. Client Strategy Begin with strategic view
Identify business value available
Stakeholder identification
Structured approach to apply technology to business issues
Result: Solution Roadmap, high level design, business case
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15. Client Migration
Assessment
User Discovery & Segmentation
Client Application Migration
Automated Deployment
Managed Refresh
User Training
Minimal disruption to user productivity with automated process
Reduce risk from application incompatibility
Simplified migration with standard tools and processes
Global reach
Increase security with integrated Client management
Smooth adoption with standard or custom training for Windows 7
NDA until 4/14/2010
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16. HP Transformation Experience Workshop
Client Strategy Services
Duration: 1 day
Availability: Global
Delivered by experienced HP Consultants
Build a vision of the future environment
Quantify opportunities and risk
Gain stakeholder buy-in
Determine best place to begin the transformation
Result: A shared vision, a set of priorities, a roadmap to execute
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17. HP Business Benefits Roadmap
Client Strategy Services
Duration: 2-4 weeks
Availability: Global
Delivered by experienced HP Consultants
Target Audience: CIO, IT Manager, Key Business Unit Managers
Discover business cases with key business stakeholders
Identify, quantify and analyze solution benefits
Result: A high level Client Infrastructure roadmap with related business case, based on business priorities and quantified benefits
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18. HP Strategic Architecture
Client Strategy Services
Duration: 4 – 6 weeks
Availability: Global
Delivered by experienced HP Consultants
Target Audience: IT Manager, IT Owners
Make technology decisions based on the business and technology roadmap
Simplifies and organizes business and technology before you start, to reduce risk
Result: A strategic architecture blueprint and detailed Client Infrastructure transformation plans to introduce new technologies, includes cost estimates
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19. HP Client Virtualization Services
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Citrix / VMWare / Microsoft
Application Streaming
App-V, XenApp, ThinApp
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
Server Based Computing
Remote Desktop Services
Client hosted virtualization / offline
Med-V, VMWare offline desktop
Blade Workstation/PC
Choose the best model for each user segment
Simplify complexity with blueprints for each model
Improve control and security- bring client workloads into the datacenter: apply datacenter-level control to client computing
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20. Client Application Migration
Rethink the Client NOW
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21. CLIENT applications – the challenges
1. Client OS Migration
Resource intensive
Lack of Business Unit engagement/user support
Lack of application prioritisation
Lack of deployment planning
Unknown applications
2. Application Compatibility
Uncertainty of applications working on new OS
What is the impact?
How do I test?
How long will it take?
How much will it cost?
What’s the level of predictability?
3. Ongoing Application Packaging
Expensive resources
Limited flexibility/ scalability
Poor quality packages
Poor Service Levels
Lack of training budget to re-skill resources
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22. Client Application Migration Planning
Discovery
Assessment
Fix
Check
Testing
Deployment
Take a sequential approach to migrations covering every step of the process
Ensure the phases are customizable and available in isolation
Benefits:
Higher quality application compatibility/remediation/testing
Reduced application remediation costs
Faster Remediation
Successful end-to-end migration
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23. What is ACF? Microsoft sponsored Application Compatibility Factory
Windows 7 ACF
Assess
Remediate
Validate
Enterprise
Applications
Windows 7
Compatible
Applications
Costs
Quality
The ACF Program connects customers with Microsoft partners
Compatibility with Windows 7 may be a roadblock for some Apps
Customers (& Microsoft field) don’t understand details
Customers don’t understand solutions available 23

24. The time is Now – Rethink the Client
HP Point of View:
Make technology decisions based on the business and technology roadmap
Hybrid model will win
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25. Questions?
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